Try Canelé

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 A couple of ladies selling French food. Fresh Baguettes, Canelé, and other delicious items. The old man and I gave a shrug and dove in! Canelé looked amazing. Fresh bread? who can say no to fresh bread?

Those canelé though. If I could commission her to make those for the rest of my life, I’m certain I would. Toes be damned! Diabetic or not – those things were AMAZING.

They are sweet, but almost caramelized sugar with a delicious wax on them. Edible wax – ya goofball. Like Beeswax. 

A proper description: A canelé is a small French pastry flavored with rum and vanilla with a … read more...

Gyro Meat and Tzatziki Sauce

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I have never cooked lamb before and I absolutely love gyro’s. I know that the carbs in Gyro’s can

very since some people add flours to the mix when they make the loaf. My husband and I decided to give it a go and make our own. We are very happy that we did.

We seen so many different recipes we decided to go with an easier one. But if anyone has any other tips tricks or otherwise, we are always all ears. As I’m sure you can all tell, we like to try new things.

The recipe we followed is below though we doubled it since we had 2 … read more...

Coconut Crusted Fish

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I say fish instead of listing Cod, Haddock, Tilapia or any other because we all have our budgets and fish is good cooked many different ways.  Granted I stick with my white fish. I got this recipe from a co-worker and it was awesome. But a word of caution: All of the amounts are estimated. I was given a list of items to use without measurements and just put together what looked right. So the description below is more of a guideline.

The picture does not do this justice!

Ingredients:

  • Juice from 2 fresh limes
  • 1/4 cup olive oil   (Oil should be equal to the amount of juice
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Old Timey Photo

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I have wanted to do one of these pictures for quite a long time. I have to give a huge shout out to Don’s newly found Aunt & Uncle! If it wasn’t for them, I likely would have never gotten Don to agree to this!

I’m sure these stem from all the western style movies or shows I’ve seen. But, can you honestly say you aren’t curious to see what you would look like in a different time period?

These absolutely give you the opportunity to see that. Now – I’m not sure if back then I’d be a chubby bumpkin like I am here, but, who’s to say I … read more...

a visit to Hoover Damn

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This was one of those opportune moments. My husband had a work trip in Las Vegas. So I could go, we drove. This afforded us the opportunity to see a National Historic Landmark. While not something I would have gone out of my way to see, it was on the way to where we were going.

I’m really glad we stopped. I remember seeing videos of people dropping things and the draft just making them fly right back up.

I’m not sure what was more impressive about Hoover Damn. The size or height/depth of it or some of the art?

I absolutely love this statue(left). It reminds me of … read more...

Cirque du Soleil

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Over 25 years of wishing I could see Cirque du Soleil live. A dream come true thanks to BroadPath and a certain senior manager who can’t possibly understand the gravity of my appreciation and complete awe that this finally came true.

I have been off and on crying and I’m pretty sure Don thinks I’m nuts.

Live singing and music and just completely amazing acrobatics and… and… and…

For years I had rented Cirque du Soleil from the local gas station down the road. Every couple of weeks I’d spend a couple dollars on a VHS (yes I said! VHS!) and watch Alegria. My all time favorite; and the one

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Pork Morengo

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This one has always been a family favorite. Often served with rice, which can easily be replaced with cauli-rice or in this case, shredded cabbage.  It has an earthy taste. This is easily one of my favorite comfort foods.

We usually made this in a crock pot, however, this time, we made it in the Instant Pot and it turned out GREAT with a fraction of the time.

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 lbs Pork or Chicken
  • 1/4 c. Chopped Onion
  • 16 oz. Diced Tomatoes
  • 1 tsp Chicken Soup Base
  • 1 tsp Marjoram
  • 1 tsp Crushed Thyme
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • Dash of Pepper
  • Cabbage/Potatoes/Rice – Whatever you want your base to be.

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A Natural Hot Spring

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We went camping with friends at Childs Power Plant up by the Verde Hot Springs and Fossil Creek. There were all kinds of incredible things in this small area. Fossil Creek will have to have its own post.

From where we were camping we had a short hike to get to the hot springs. We had to walk across the Verde River which was 100% not Verde (green for those that don’t speak spanish)

It was more a cloudy brown. Knowing I had to walk through very opaque water and not knowing the depth, whats in the water and so on I get those wonderful thoughts of ‘What is … read more...

Stand Under a Waterfall

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This probably comes from watching several movies where people hide behind or dive through a waterfall. Regardless, this was pretty awesome for me.  I’m not sure what I had expected, but I can tell you I was terrified and excited at the same time!

I’ve recently accepted that I have a fear of the unknown in water. But, before accepting this, I’d freak myself out while swimming. In order to get to the waterfall I had to jump into the water, swim from the very very shallow area across the deep part (where you could not see the bottom) over to the waterfall, where you can’t see in the water … read more...

Escape Room

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The Red rum Cottage at the Escape Room in Tucson was great. However, we would not have made it. The person in the room with us apparently gave away the last item in order to let us win at the very end. When I learned of this, I was a bit disappointed, however, the experience itself was still a good amount of fun.  Don and I try to do new experiences for birthdays – This was his gift to me.  

(GREAT JOB HONEY! I LOVED IT!)

I look forward to doing another one of these where the answers aren’t given away!

 – 6/2017 – Tucson, AZ